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The Weekly Hymn

There are some lovely hymns originally in the Welsh language that have been translated into English. Dyma Gariad fel y moroedd (Here is love, vast as the ocean), written by William Rees in the 19th Century, has become well known over the past 20 or so years. 2 further verses, previously written by William Williams, probably a century earlier, have been added.

This hymn, then, is a great declaration of God’s love in sending Jesus, showing how grace and love together were in action in the cross. The additional verses can be used as a response to all that has been done for us.

Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as the flood,
When the Prince of Life, our Ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten,
Throughout Heav’n’s eternal days.

On the mount of crucifixion,
Fountains opened deep and wide;
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
Poured incessant from above,
And Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.

In Thy truth Thou dost direct me
By Thy Spirit through Thy Word;
And Thy grace my need is meeting,
As I trust in Thee, my Lord.
Of Thy fullness Thou art pouring
Thy great love and power on me,
Without measure, full and boundless,
Drawing out my heart to Thee.